How to Make Beaded Headbands

Catch a rainbow, and put it in your hair -- learning how to make these beaded rainbow headbands is as easy as stringing beads. These headbands will give this imaginatively messy hairstyle a shimmering glow. The natural look is in!

What You'll Need:

Keep Reading Below

12 to 15 inches of necklace memory wire (depends upon head size)

1 package multicolored glass bugle beads

1 package E beads

Wire cutters

Needle-nosed pliers

Step 1: Measure wire over your head from ear to ear. Cut off extra wire if necessary.

Step 2: Use the needle-nosed pliers to make a loop at one end of the wire. You may need an adult to help you with this step.

Step 3: Slide 3 to 4 bugle beads onto the wire, then an E bead. Continue stringing the beads in this manner until there is only 1 inch of unbeaded wire.

Step 4: Finish by making another loop at the end of the wire with the needle-nosed pliers. Make a few headbands -- we used 3 -- to decorate your hairstyle!

To create the "perfect" hairstyle, follow these steps:

Step 1: Start with damp, towel-dried hair. Use a molding cream (sometimes called molding mud) to make your hair look slightly messy with separated strands. It will also give your hair a matte look.

Step 2: Work the molding cream through your hair.

Step 3: With your hair dryer on high, power dry your hair. Use your fingers to move the hair around.

Step 4: Now gather the hair up at the crown area. Don't worry if it doesn't look perfect; remember, you don't want to make this style look perfect.

Step 5: Place the first headband over the gathered hair at the crown.

Step 6: If you need to, secure small sections of hair at the crown with bobby pins to hold the hair and give it height. Spray with hair spray for hold.

Step 7: Place the other headbands in front of the first. You can crisscross them, making them uneven if you'd like. They make this style look even more awesome!